TechnoServe Blog
TechnoServe's blog highlights the lessons and successes from our work to help entrepreneurial men and women in the developing world build businesses that create income, opportunity and economic growth.
Simon Winter Discusses Entrepreneurship at the World Bank
TechnoServe | May 16, 2012
Simon Winter, TechnoServe's Senior Vice President of Development, spoke at the World Bank on May 16th. His presentation was part of the World Bank's Labor Markets Core Course series. See @JobsKnowledge's account of his talk on Storify.
Categories: Central America & Caribbean ; Developing Entrepreneurs ; East Africa
Photo Friday: Happy Mother’s Day!
TechnoServe | May 11, 2012
Aura Rosa Morales stands with her daughter on her farm near Nueva Guinea, Nicaragua. Aura is working with TechnoServe to improve the productivity of her farm and increase her income. This work will help her provide a better future for her daughter.
Categories: Agriculture & Agribusiness ; Central America & Caribbean
Fostering Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries
Simon Winter | May 09, 2012
How can we stimulate entrepreneurship in the developing world? For TechnoServe, this is more than just a theoretical question. We believe that competitive businesses are the key to ending global poverty. And growing such businesses begins with entrepreneurs.
Categories: Developing Entrepreneurs
Partnership Creates New Source of Income for Farmers in Brazil
TechnoServe | May 08, 2012
In the south of the Brazilian state of Bahia, three organizations are uniting to implement an economic development project that is generating benefits for 60 farmers who live on settlements created after agrarian reform.
Categories: Agriculture & Agribusiness ; South America
Partnering to Improve Food and Nutrition Security in Africa
Simon Winter | May 01, 2012
Transforming poor people's food and nutrition security is proving to be, as expected, a massive challenge. As we approach a slew of global meetings that will address this topic in the coming months, the German Marshall Fund (GMF) has released a new report that showcases the need for and complexities of multi-stakeholder partnerships in support of this goal in Africa.
Categories: Agriculture & Agribusiness ; Building Business & Industry ; East Africa ; Improving the Business Environment
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